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Kenneth Harry Olsen (February 20, 1926 – February 6, 2011) was an American engineer who co-founded Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1957 with colleague Harlan Anderson and his brother Stan Olsen.
Digital Equipment Corporation ( DEC / dɛk / ), using the trademark Digital, was a major American company in the computer industry from the 1960s to the 1990s. The company was co-founded by Ken Olsen and Harlan Anderson in 1957.
8 Feb 2011 · Ken Olsen, who helped reshape the computer industry as a founder of the Digital Equipment Corporation, at one time the world’s second-largest computer company, died on Sunday. He...
14 Jun 2024 · Ken Olsen was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1926. He received a BS (1950) and MS (1952) from MIT in electrical engineering. Olsen began working at MIT's digital computer laboratory after graduation and mastered high-speed transistor circuit design from the tx-2 computer project there.
17 Feb 2011 · Since Digital Equipment Corp. founder (and MIT alumnus) Ken Olsen died earlier this month at 84, much has been written about him and the computer company he cofounded.
9 Feb 2011 · Olsen was a practical, hard-working and inspirational leader who changed the course of computing history by introducing the minicomputer, an entirely new class of computer that stressed small size, interactivity and low cost.
8 Feb 2011 · Olsen stepped aside as CEO in 1992 and Digital was swallowed up by PC giant Compaq Computer Corp. in 1998 for $9.15 billion. Schutzman recalled Olsen as an entrepreneur with a heart of gold.
